2008/09 Season

The Speech of Angels

Saturday 20th September 2008, 7.30pm
Gorton Monastery, Gorton Lane, Manchester

Rachmaninov Vespers
Górecki Totus Tuus
Tavener Nunc Dimittis

Conductor: Neil Taylor

Tenor Stewart Campbell

Handel Israel in Egypt

Saturday 22nd November 2008, 7.30pm
St George’s Church, Buxton Road, Stockport

St George’s Orchestra

Conductor: Neil Taylor

Soprano Charlotte Carter
Soprano Jennifer France
Mezzo Helen Jarmany
Tenor Mark Duff
Baritone Matthew Duncan
Baritone Ian Gifford

Carols and Brass by Candlelight

Saturday 6th December 2008, 7.30pm
St George’s Church, Buxton Road, Stockport

with VBS Poynton Brass Band

Conductor: Neil Taylor

Organ Tim Kennedy
Readers Pupils from Poynton primary schools

A Christmas Celebration for St George’s

Saturday 20th December 2008, 7.00pm
St George’s Church, London Road, Poynton

Organ Tim Kennedy
Conductor Matthew Hamilton

2009 Singing Day

Saturday 17th January 2009 6.00pm (concert)
St George’s Church, London Road, Poynton

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

Conductor: Neil Taylor

Accompanists Jeffrey Makinson and Graham Eccles
Soprano Nicola Mills
Mezzo Joyce Tinsley
Tenor Richard Dowling
Baritone Marcus Farnsworth

Music for Sacred Spaces

Saturday 25th April 2009, 7.30pm
Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Street, Manchester

Chetham’s Brass Ensemble

Gabrieli In Ecclesiis, Jubilate Deo, Magnificat a 17
Schütz Psalms 100 and 115
Pärt Berliner Messe, The Beatitudes

Conductor: Neil Taylor

Organ Jeffrey Makinson

In a Monastery Garden

Saturday 20th June 2009, 7.30pm
Gorton Monastery, Gorton Lane, Manchester

A concert for a summer evening, including
Rutter A Sprig of Thyme
Britten Five Flower Songs
Grainger Brigg Fair
plus English folk songs, madrigals and part-songs

Conductor: Neil Taylor

Piano Jeffrey Makinson